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James Beal

Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's Boxing
British Empire Games
	1950 Auckland	Middleweight

James Brian Beal (13 January 1929 – 1 October 1996) also known as Jimmy Beal, was a New Zealand boxer.

He won the silver medal in the men's middleweight division at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Beal moved to Australia and continued boxing in Melbourne (he trained at Palmers Gym Footscray), Sydney, and Brisbane. While boxing he also worked on the wharfs in Melbourne. When he retired from boxing Beal owned and operated a signwriting business in Crows Nest, North Sydney. Beal married Colleen in 1967, they had two boys John and Guy. Beal and his family moved to Brisbane in 1970. Beal had always loved drawing with Indian Ink and oil painting and was a member of the Redcliffe Art Society.

The last few years of his life he travelled throughout Australia, painting many striking portraits of famous and not so famous Australians and rugged landscapes. He continued to remain very fit throughout his life running every day, competed in every fun run he could in both Sydney and Brisbane.

Professional boxing record

3 Wins (2 knockouts, 1 decisions), 5 Losses (2 knockouts, 3 decisions), 0 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	3–5	Jack O'Leary	KO	7, (15)	1952-05-12	Royal Wanganui Opera House, Wanganui, New Zealand	vacant New Zealand Boxing Association middleweight title
Loss	2–5	George Kapeen	TKO	3, (12)	1952-01-12	Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Loss	2–4	Don 'Bronco' Johnson	KO	3, (12) 1:12	1951-08-20	Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win	2–3	Johnny Virm	PTS	12	1950-11-10	Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Loss	1–3	Jack Smith	PTS	10	1950-07-27	Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Loss	1–2	Al Bourke	PTS	8	1950-05-06	West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Loss	1–1	Snowy Boyd	PTS	12	1950-04-29	West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Win	1–0	Cliff Kenworthy	KO	6, (8)	1950-03-24	West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

References

1. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
2. "Boxrec Record". Boxrec. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

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